Apple TV thsi week was recognized with 15 nominations across nine programs for the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards, with top category nods including International for “Severance,” “Pluribus” and “The Studio,” alongside Factual Entertainment for “Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars” and Specialist Factual for “Vietnam: The War That Changed America.” “Smoke,” “Down Cemetery Road,” “Slow Horses” and “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” were also recognized.
“Severance” scored three BAFTA Television Award nominations, including International; Director: Fiction, Sam Donovan; and Photography & Lighting Fiction, Suzie Lavelle. “Pluribus” and “The Studio” both landed International nominations, while “Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars” earned a nod for Factual Entertainment. “Vietnam: The War That Changed America” scored nominations for Specialist Factual and Director: Factual, Rob Coldstream. Taron Egerton landed a Leading Actor nomination for “Smoke,” while Fehinti Balogun earned a Supporting Actor nod for “Down Cemetery Road.” “Slow Horses” scored four nominations, including Writer: Drama, Will Smith; Editing: Fiction, Fiona Brands; Make Up & Hair Design, Lucy Sibbick and Victoria Money; and Sound: Fiction for Andrew Sissons, Martin Jensen, Ben Tisdall, Joe Beal, Duncan Price and Conor Thompson. “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” also landed a nod for Special, Visual & Graphic Effects for Russell Dodgson, Framestore, Andy Jones, Simon Bland, Francois Dumoulin and Gavin McKenzie.
These nominations mark the latest recognition from the BAFTA Television Awards for Apple, following four wins in 2025, including Editing: Fiction and Sound: Fiction for “Slow Horses,” Original Music: Fiction for “Bad Sisters” and Children’s Craft Team for “The Velveteen Rabbit”; four wins in 2024, including Editing: Fiction and Sound: Fiction for “Slow Horses,” as well as Production Design and Original Music: Fiction for world-building hit “Silo.” “Bad Sisters” earned a Titles & Graphic Identity win in 2023, as well a Drama Series win and a Supporting Actress win for series star Anne-Marie Duff. The celebrated limited series “The Essex Serpent” landed a Costume Design win for first-time BAFTA winner Jane Petrie in 2023, and in 2022, “9/11: Inside the President’s War Room” won Editing: Factual, and “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything” won Sound: Factual.
The BAFTA Television Awards recognize the best British programs, performances and productions each year. The winners will be revealed in two ceremonies: the BAFTA Television Craft Awards on Sunday, April 26 and the BAFTA Television Awards on Sunday, May 10 in London.
Additionally, Apple landed three Royal Television Society (RTS) Programme Award nominations for “Slow Horses,” including Drama Series, Supporting Actor — Male for Christopher Chung and Supporting Actor — Female for Saskia Reeves. “Down Cemetery Road” also earned three RTS West of England Award nominations for Production (Scripted), On Screen Talent (Performance) Emma Thompson and Sound. The winners will be revealed in two ceremonies: the RTS Programme Awards on Tuesday, March 24 and the RTS West of England Awards on Sunday, April 26.
To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 773 wins and 3,366 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning and history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” global cultural phenomenon “Severance,” Apple’s most-viewed drama “Pluribus,” Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA” and Academy Award winner “F1,” the highest-grossing sports feature of all time.
Apple landed 15 nominations for the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards, including:
“Severance”
International
Director: Fiction — Sam Donovan
Photography & Lighting: Fiction — Suzie Lavelle
“Pluribus”
International
“The Studio”
International
“Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars”
Factual Entertainment
“Vietnam: The War That Changed America”
Specialist Factual
Director: Factual — Rob Coldstream
“Smoke”
Leading Actor — Taron Egerton
“Down Cemetery Road”
Supporting Actor — Fehinti Balogun
“Slow Horses”
Writer: Drama — Will Smith
Editing: Fiction — Fiona Brands
Make Up & Hair Design — Lucy Sibbick, Victoria Money
Sound: Fiction — Andrew Sissons, Martin Jensen, Ben Tisdall, Joe Beal, Duncan Price, Conor Thompson
“Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age”
Special, Visual & Graphic Effects — Russell Dodgson, Framestore, Andy Jones, Simon Bland, Francois Dumoulin, Gavin McKenzie
Apple landed three nominations for the Royal Television Society Programme Awards, including:
“Slow Horses”
Drama Series
Supporting Actor — Male — Christopher Chung
Supporting Actor — Female — Saskia Reeves
And three nominations for the Royal Television Society West of England Awards, including:
“Down Cemetery Road”
Production (Scripted)
On Screen Talent (Performance) — Emma Thompson
Sound
All titles are now streaming globally on Apple TV.
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